Step-joint.



No. 739,468. PATENTED SEPT. 22,1903.

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STEP JOINT.

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PATENTED' SEPT. 22, 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGEA. WEBER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE WEBER RAILWAY 'J OINT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF A CORPORATION OF-W EST VIRGINIA. 1

NEW YORK, N. Y.,

STEP-JOINT.

sPEoI-EIoA'rioN formingpart of Letters Patent No. 739,468, dated September 22 1903.

Application filed April 25, 1903. Serial No. 154,220. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. WEBER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Step-Joints, of which the following is a specificatiomaccomvpanied by drawings.

'The invention relates to railroad-railjoints, but more particularly to that class known as step-joints, and the objects of the invention are to improve upon the construction of such oints and increase their efficiency and strength, while at the same timesimplifying their construction.

Further objects of the invention will hereinafter appear; and to these ends the invention consists of theapparatus embodying the features of construction, combinations'of elements, and arrangement of parts,substantially as hereinafter fully described and claimed in this "specification and shown in the accompanying'drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the rail-joint embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig.1. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional viewof the same on the line 'X'X of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modifled form of joint embodying the invention. Fig. 5 is a plan view of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view of the modification on the line Y Y offFig. 4. Fig. 7 "isfa side elevation of a joint embodying another form of the invention. I Fig. 8 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 9 is a transverse sectional view of the same. .Fig. 10 is a side elevation of another modification. Fig. 11 isa plan View of the same, and'Fig. 12 is a transverse sectional view of the same. Figs. 13 and 14.

described are designed to maintain the rails A aud B of different weight in surface and alinement upon a suitable rail-support, shown in this instance as an angle-chair O, comprising'a base D and an upright E. The-anglechair is also provided with the longitudinallyextending strengthening fillet or spikingrib F. Q

The invention is not to be understood as limited to rail-chairs of the form described;

but, as shown, the chair 0 suitably illustrates the invention. v

The taller rail A, as shown in the drawings, rests upon a portion of the base D of the chair 0, while the rail B, of lesser height, is blocked up by suitable means, showni'n this instance as the transversely-extending cleats G. There may be any desired number of the cleats G, as.

shown, therebeing two in this instance, and they may be secured to the base D of the chair by suitable-means,shown as the rivets H. The rivets H are arranged at the outer ends of the cleats, for the inner ends bear, against the lower portions of the upright E of. the anglechair and prevent movement "andflderangement of the cleats under vibration. The cleats G are of the desired thickness for supporting the rail Bin surface with the railA. 1 InFigl angle barsor plates Id and channel bars or platesK L are arrangedat each side of the webs of the rails to maintain the rails in surface and alinement." As shown,

the angle and channel plates do not extend continuously across the joint, but are formed in separate sections. The sections I J and K L of the angle and channel plates are constructed to fit between the bases and heads of the rails, as shown, the channel-plates K and L being arranged between the webs of the rails andfthe upright Eof the angle-chair.

Suitable packing blocks O, in this instance of will be seen that the angle and channel plates do not have to be offset either vertically or horizontally, and the construction is cheap and simple, while at the same time strong and efficient.

In Figs. 4, 5, and 6 the joint, like the joint in Figs. 2 and 3, is shown with the addition of a solid strap S, which maybe of metal, arranged on the inside of the joint and extending across the joint along the angle-plates I and J. The bolts P pass through the strap or bar S, as shown, the heads of the bolts in this instance resting upon said bar. According to this construction the memberS opposes the upright or member E, and when the joint is tightened up by tightening the bolts R a strong and efficient construction is obtained.

The modification shown in Figs. 7, S, and

9 dilfers from the joint shown in Figs. 1, 2,

and 3 by reason of the fact that a solid channel-plate T is provided, which extends across the joint adjacent the webs of the rails between the rails and the upright E of the angle-chair. In order to compensate for differences in the height and thickness of the rails, the angle-plate T is offset both vertically and laterally, as shown, and a wooden filling-block U is arranged between the angle-plate T and the upright of the chair.

In Figs. 10, 11, and 12 wooden filling-blocks a b are arranged each side of thejoint, while a solid strap or bar S extends along the inside of the joint and opposes the upright E of the an gle-chair. The wooden filling-blocks a b are broken, as shown, and adapted to fit between the heads and bases of the rails. A strong and efficient joint is obtained when the nuts R of the bolts are tightened up, thereby clamping the filling-blocks between the opposing member S and the upright E of the angle-chair.

Fig. 13 shows a joint in which the channelplate is solid and extends across the joint. The angle-plate is formed in two parts, and a continuous strap is arranged along the sectional angles.

In Fig. 14 the channel-plate is formed in two parts, while the angle-plate is solid, and no strap is provided. Both these latter forms afford strong and efficient constructions which are cheap and easy to make and securely hold the ends of the rails of difierent size and weight.

I understand that it is not proper to claim, specifically, in this application, together with the claims already herein contained, a railjoint, as specified, embodying two wooden filling-blocks at each side of the webs of the rails, with a strap or band extending across the joint outside of the filling-blocks, nor is it proper to claim, specifically, a sectional channel-plate and a solid angle-plate in combination with the other parts of the joint, since these claims would be alternative to those already in the case, and therefore proper subject-matter for a division.

I do not herein claim anything shown, de-

cation, Serial No. 142,730, filed February'lO, 1903, for improvements in rail-joints.

Obviously some features of my invention may be used without others, and my invention may be embodied in widely-varying forms.

Therefore, without limiting myself to the construction shown and described. or enumerating equivalents, I claim, and desire to obtain by Letters Patent, the following:

1. A rail-joint comprising an angle-chair having a base and an upright, rails of different weight and height supported in surface upon said chair, sectional angle-plates and channel-plates arranged at each side of the webs of the rails, said angle and channel plates being constructed to maintain the rails in surface and alinement, a filling-block arranged between the angle-plates and the upright of the chair, and bolts for securing the parts of the joint together, for substantially the purposes set forth.

2. A rail-joint comprising an angle-chair having a base and an upright, rails of difierent weight and height supported in surface upon said chair, two angle-plates at one side of the joint extending along the webs of the rails, two channel-plates at the other side of the joint extendingalong the webs of the rails between the rails and the upright of the angle-chair, said plates being constructed to maintain the rails in surface and alinement, a filling-block between the channel-plates and the upright of the chair, and bolts for securing the parts of the joint together, for substantially the purposes set forth.

3. A rail-joint comprising an angle-chair having a base and an upright, rails of different weight and height supported in surface upon said chair, two angle-plates at one side of the joint extending along the webs of the rails, two channel-plates at the other side of the joint extending along the webs of the rails between the rails and the upright of the angle-chair, said plates being constructed to maintain the rails in surface and alinement, a filling-block between the channel-plates and the upright of the chair, a strap or band extending across the joint outside of the angleplates and opposing the upright of. the anglechair, and bolts for securing the parts of the joint together, for substantially the purposes set forth.

4. A rail-joint, comprising an angle-chair having a base and an upright, rails of difierent weight and height supported in surface upon said chair, a channel-plate and an angle-plate arranged on opposite sides of the webs of the rails, one of said plates being sectional, and both of said plates being constructed to maintain the rails in surface and alinement, a filling-block arranged within the upright of the chair, and bolts for securing the parts of the joint together, for substantially the purposes set forth.

5. A rail-joint, comprising an angle-chair, having a base and an upright, rails of difierent weight and height supported in surface upon said'chair, a channel-plate and an angle-plate arranged on opposite sides of the webs of the rails, one of said plates being sectional, and both of said plates being constructed to maintain the rails in surface and alinement, a filling-block arranged within the upright of the chair, a strap or'band extending across the joint and opposing the upright of the angle-chair, and bolts for securing the parts of the joint together, for substantially the purposes set forth.

6. A rail-joint comprising an angle-chair having a base and an upright, rails of different weight and height supported in surface upon said chair, sectional angle plates at one side of the webs of the rails, and a solid channel-plate at the other side ofthe webs of the rails between the rails and the-upright of the angle-chair, said angle-plates and channel plate being constructed to maintain the rails in surface and-alinement, a filling-block arranged between the angle-plate and the upright of the chair, and bolts for securing the parts of the joint together, for substantially the purposes set forth.

7. A rail joint, comprising an angle-chair V having'a base and an upright, rails of differwebs of the rails, said bars being constructed.

to maintain the rails in surface and alinement, a strap or band extending across the joint at one side and an opposing member extending across the joint at the other side, and bolts for-securing the parts of the joint together, for substantially the purposes set forth.

9. A rail-joint, comprising a suitable railsupport constructed to aflord provision for supporting rails of difierent weight and height in surface and alinement, bars at each side of the webs of the rails, one of said bars being sectional, and bolts for securing the parts of'the joint together, for substantially the purposes set forth.

10.. A rail-joint, comprising a suitable railsupport constructed to aflford provision for supporting rails of different weight and height in surface, bars at each side of the webs of the rails, one of the bars being sectional, a filling-block at one side of the joint, and a strap or band extending at the other side of the joint along the sectional bars, and bolts for securing the partsof the joint together, for substantially the purposes set forth.

In testimonywhereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two suscribing witnesses.

GEORGE A. WEBER.

Witnesses:

A. L. OBRIEN, E. VAN ZANDT. 

